La frase proviene dal testo "The seventh horse" di Leonora Carrington, dal un racconto "As they rode along the edge" scritto tra il 1937 e il 1940.
Citazione: "In the forest Virginia learned that there had been several deaths. Flocks of birds and groups of wild beasts were having funeral feasts. Full of anguish, they filled their stomachs and cursed the hunters."